thanks for sharing.

its sometimes hard to revisit great texts from my early years or expand my reading of authors i had previously sampled because of the uncertainty around the topics being taboo or racist.

it is like choosing a book becomes some complex problem to solve. i dont want to be stuck in the past or with past ideas. i want to read and know what the past ideas were, but if you skimmed the names of conrad’s books and the topics he addressed, it could easily be misconstrued by the large amount of people unfamiliar with the work. likewise there are plenty of writers that covered sensitive subjects, but then they personally made missteps in public to be labeled in a different way, then all their work has to be revisited and requisitioned.

i guess it just kind of sucks that i have to let perceptions of books and authors and fans guide what i read… instead of using the book to make my own interpretations.

i liked heart of darkness as a kid but i didnt get it. i love apocalypse now. its one of my favs. watched it more and more the older i got. that reignited my reading and understanding of conrad.